EU mergers and takeovers (June 4)

BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

None

NEW LISTINGS:

None

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

-- German utility company RWE (RWEG.DE) to acquire Dutch counterpart Essent (notified April 29/deadline June 9/extended on June 4/new deadline June 23)

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

JUNE 5

-- German solar energy company Q-Cells SE (QCEG.DE), Dutch renewable energy company Good Energies Investments BV and Norwegian solar power group NorSun AS take joint control of Sunfilm AG, a German maker of solar modules using silicon technology (notified April 27/deadline June 5/simplified)

JUNE 10

-- French state-owned insurance, real estate and capital investment group Caisse des Depots et Consignations [CDCEC.UL] (CDC); state-owned weather information provider Meteo France and U.S. stocks and derivatives market operator NYSE Euronext (NYX.N)(NYX.PA) take joint control of Metnext, which develops products to help managers anticipate the impact of weather on businesses (notified April 30/deadline June 10/simplified)